SPaMCAST 404 - Ryan Ripley, The Business of Agile

Software Process and Measurement Cast 404 features our interview with Ryan Ripley. We discussed The Business of Agile: Better, Faster, Cheaper at Agile. We discussed why having the answer for whether Agile is better, faster and cheaper is still important in the business world. Along the way, we wrestled with the concept of value and why having value sooner is not the same as going fast. Ryan Ripley has worked on agile teams for the past 10 years in development, scrum master, and management roles. He's worked at various Fortune 500 companies in the medical device, wholesale, and financial services industries. Ryan is great at taking tests and holds the PMI-ACP, PSM I, PSM II, PSE, PSPO I, PSD I, CSM and CSPO agile certifications. Ryan lives in Indiana with his wife Kristin and their three children. He blogs at ryanripley.com and hosts the Agile for Humans podcast. You can also follow Ryan on twitter: @ryanripley Re-Read Saturday News This week we continue our re-read of Kent Beck's XP Explained, Second Edition with a discussion of Chapters 9 and 10. It is great to see the concepts we explored when we re-read Goldratt's The Goal come back to roost. This week we focus on roles, the definition of team, flow and more flow. Use the link to XP Explained in the show notes when you buy your copy to read along to support both the blog and podcast. Visit the Software Process and Measurement Blog (www.tcagley.wordpress.com) to catch up on past installments of Re-Read Saturday. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay productivity. A lot of people would tell you productivity does not matter or that discussing productivity in today's Agile world is irrational. They are wrong. Productivity is about jobs. We will also have columns from the QA Corner and for Jon M Quigley. I think 405 might be just a bit controversial. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, for you or your team." Support SPaMCAST by buying the book here. Available in English and Chinese.